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This is a list of the oldest currently living former and current members of the United States House of Representatives. The list includes politicians who were also in other political offices. Nonvoting delegates are included but not ranked.

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Template:Dagger Currently serving

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Rank Representative/Delegate Date of birth House term State served Party Age (years & days)
1 Frank J. Guarini August 20, 1924 1979–1993 New Jersey Democratic 100 years, 263 days
2 Merwin Coad September 28, 1924 1957–1963 Iowa Democratic 100 years, 224 days
3 G. William Whitehurst March 12, 1925 1969–1987 Virginia Republican 100 years, 59 days
4 Lucien Nedzi May 28, 1925 1961–1981 Michigan Democratic 99 years, 347 days
5 Roscoe Bartlett June 3, 1926 1993–2013 Maryland Republican 98 years, 341 days
6 Philip Ruppe September 29, 1926 1967–1979 Michigan Republican 98 years, 223 days
7 James W. Symington September 28, 1927 1969–1977 Missouri Democratic 97 years, 224 days
8 Bill Archer March 22, 1928 1971–2001 Texas Republican 97 years, 49 days
9 Bill Gradison December 28, 1928 1975–1993 Ohio Republican 96 years, 133 days
10 Richard Ottinger January 27, 1929 1965–1971
1975–1985
New York Democratic 96 years, 103 days
11 James Nelligan February 14, 1929 1981–1983 Pennsylvania Republican 96 years, 85 days
12 Dick Schulze August 7, 1929 1975–1993 Pennsylvania Republican 95 years, 276 days
13 Pat Saiki May 28, 1930 1987–1991 Hawaii Republican 94 years, 347 days
14 Charles Rangel June 11, 1930 1971–2017 New York Democratic 94 years, 333 days
15 Michael Bilirakis July 16, 1930 1983–2007 Florida Republican 94 years, 298 days
16 Alec G. Olson September 11, 1930 1963–1967 Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor 94 years, 241 days
17 Edward G. Biester Jr. January 5, 1931 1967–1977 Pennsylvania Republican 94 years, 125 days
18 Ron Packard January 19, 1931 1983–2001 California Republican 94 years, 111 days
19 Connie Morella February 12, 1931 1987–2003 Maryland Republican 94 years, 87 days
20 John E. Cunningham March 27, 1931 1977–1979 Washington Republican 94 years, 44 days
21 Lee Hamilton April 20, 1931 1965–1999 Indiana Democratic 94 years, 20 days
22 Bill Clay April 30, 1931 1969–2001 Missouri Democratic 94 years, 10 days
23 Sander Levin September 6, 1931 1983–2019 Michigan Democratic 93 years, 246 days
24 Thomas B. Evans Jr. November 5, 1931 1977–1983 Delaware Republican 93 years, 186 days
25 Andrew Young March 12, 1932 1973–1977 Georgia Democratic 93 years, 59 days
26 Alex McMillan May 9, 1932 1985–1995 North Carolina Republican 93 years, 1 day
27 Harold V. Froehlich May 12, 1932 1973–1975 Wisconsin Republican 92 years, 363 days
28 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke October 5, 1932 1973–1979 California Democratic 92 years, 217 days
29 David R. Bowen October 21, 1932 1973–1983 Mississippi Democratic 92 years, 201 days
30 John Burton December 15, 1932 1974–1983 California Democratic 92 years, 146 days
N/A Walter Fauntroy February 6, 1933 1971–1991 Washington, D.C. Democratic 92 years, 93 days
31 Bob Dornan April 3, 1933 1977–1983
1985–1997
California Republican 92 years, 37 days
32 Jim Gardner April 8, 1933 1967–1969 North Carolina Republican 92 years, 32 days
33 Ben Nighthorse Campbell April 13, 1933 1987–1993 Colorado Democratic 92 years, 27 days
34 Sid Morrison May 13, 1933 1981–1993 Washington Republican 91 years, 362 days
N/A Madeleine Bordallo May 31, 1933 2003–2019 Guam Democratic 91 years, 344 days
35 Don Fuqua August 20, 1933 1963–1987 Florida Democratic 91 years, 263 days
36 Ken Lucas August 22, 1933 1999–2005 Kentucky Democratic 91 years, 261 days
37 Chuck Grassley September 17, 1933 1975–1981 Iowa Republican 91 years, 235 days
38 Diane Watson November 12, 1933 2001–2011 California Democratic 91 years, 179 days
39 Pat Danner January 13, 1934 1993–2001 Missouri Democratic 91 years, 117 days
40 Bill Alexander January 16, 1934 1969–1993 Arkansas Democratic 91 years, 114 days
41 Richard Shelby May 6, 1934 1979–1987 Alabama Democratic 91 years, 4 days
42 Edolphus Towns July 21, 1934 1983–2013 New York Democratic 90 years, 293 days
43 Eva Clayton September 16, 1934 1992–2003 North Carolina Democratic 90 years, 236 days
44 Jean Spencer Ashbrook September 21, 1934 1982–1983 Ohio Republican 90 years, 231 days
45 Nick Smith November 5, 1934 1993–2005 Michigan Republican 90 years, 186 days
46 Stephen L. Neal November 7, 1934 1975–1995 North Carolina Democratic 90 years, 184 days
47 Nancy Johnson January 5, 1935 1983–2007 Connecticut Republican 90 years, 125 days
48 Cleve Benedict March 21, 1935 1981–1983 West Virginia Republican 90 years, 50 days
49 Joel Hefley April 18, 1935 1987–2007 Colorado Republican 90 years, 22 days
50 W.S. Stuckey Jr. May 25, 1935 1967–1977 Georgia Democratic 89 years, 350 days
51 Pete Peterson June 26, 1935 1991–1997 Florida Democratic 89 years, 318 days
52 Ron Paul August 20, 1935 1976–1977
1979–1985
1997–2013
Texas Republican 89 years, 263 days
53 Tom Ewing September 19, 1935 1991–2001 Illinois Republican 89 years, 233 days
54 James G. Martin December 11, 1935 1973–1985 North Carolina Republican 89 years, 150 days
55 Ed Bethune December 19, 1935 1979–1985 Arkansas Republican 89 years, 142 days
56 Henry Brown December 20, 1935 2001–2011 South Carolina Republican 89 years, 141 days
57 Pat Roberts April 20, 1936 1981–1997 Kansas Republican 89 years, 20 days
58 Barbara B. Kennelly July 10, 1936 1982–1999 Connecticut Democratic 88 years, 304 days
59 Barbara Mikulski July 20, 1936 1977–1987 Maryland Democratic 88 years, 294 days
60 Michael J. Harrington September 2, 1936 1969–1979 Massachusetts Democratic 88 years, 250 days
61 Sue Kelly September 26, 1936 1995–2007 New York Republican 88 years, 226 days
62 Joan Kelly Horn October 18, 1936 1991–1993 Missouri Democratic 88 years, 204 days
63 Bill Jenkins November 29, 1936 1997–2007 Tennessee Republican 88 years, 162 days
64 Grace Napolitano December 4, 1936 1999–2025 California Democratic 88 years, 157 days
65 Jim McDermott December 28, 1936 1989–2017 Washington Democratic 88 years, 133 days
66 Edward Mezvinsky January 17, 1937 1973–1977 Iowa Democratic 88 years, 113 days
67 Tom Osbourne February 23, 1937 2001–2007 Nebraska Republican 88 years, 76 days
N/A Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia March 13, 1937 1981–1988 American Samoa Democratic 88 years, 58 days
68 Paul Kanjorski April 2, 1937 1985–2011 Pennsylvania Democratic 88 years, 38 days
69 Robert Bauman April 4, 1937 1973–1981 Maryland Republican 88 years, 36 days
70 Ernie Konnyu May 17, 1937 1987–1989 California Republican 87 years, 358 days
71 Solomon Ortiz June 3, 1937 1983–2011 Texas Democratic 87 years, 341 days
N/A Eleanor Holmes NortonTemplate:Dagger June 13, 1937 1991–present Washington, D.C. Democratic 87 years, 331 days
72 Charles F. Dougherty June 26, 1937 1979–1983 Pennsylvania Republican 87 years, 318 days
73 Mickey Edwards July 12, 1937 1977–1993 Oklahoma Republican 87 years, 302 days
74 Judy Biggert August 15, 1937 1999–2013 Illinois Republican 87 years, 268 days
75 Ronnie Flippo August 15, 1937 1977–1991 Alabama Democratic 87 years, 268 days
76 Norman D'Amours October 14, 1937 1975–1985 New Hampshire Democratic 87 years, 208 days
77 Pat Williams October 30, 1937 1979–1997 Montana Democratic 87 years, 192 days
78 Lynn Woolsey November 3, 1937 1993–2013 California Democratic 87 years, 188 days
79 Joe Schwarz November 15, 1937 2005–2007 Michigan Republican 87 years, 176 days
80 Bill Lipinski December 22, 1937 1983–2005 Illinois Democratic 87 years, 139 days
81 Hal RogersTemplate:Dagger December 31, 1937 1981–present Kentucky Republican 87 years, 130 days
82 Lois Capps January 10, 1938 1998–2017 California Democratic 87 years, 120 days
83 Denny Smith January 19, 1938 1981–1991 Oregon Republican 87 years, 111 days
84 Donald Riegle February 4, 1938 1967–1976 Michigan Republican
Democratic
87 years, 95 days
85 Dan Burton June 21, 1938 1983–2013 Indiana Republican 86 years, 323 days
86 William J. Green III June 24, 1938 1964–1977 Pennsylvania Democratic 86 years, 320 days
87 Neil Abercrombie June 26, 1938 1986–1987
1991–2010
Hawaii Democratic 86 years, 318 days
88 Leon Panetta June 28, 1938 1977–1993 California Democratic 86 years, 316 days
89 Barry Goldwater Jr. July 15, 1938 1969–1983 California Democratic 86 years, 299 days
90 Maxine WatersTemplate:Dagger August 15, 1938 1991–present California Democratic 86 years, 268 days
91 Buck McKeon September 9, 1938 1993–2015 California Republican 86 years, 243 days
92 George J. Hochbrueckner September 20, 1938 1987–1995 New York Democratic 86 years, 232 days
93 Jim Ross Lightfoot September 27, 1938 1985–1997 Iowa Republican 86 years, 225 days
94 Dave Obey October 3, 1938 1969–2011 Wisconsin Democratic 86 years, 219 days
95 Toby Roth October 10, 1938 1979–1997 Wisconsin Republican 86 years, 212 days
96 Robert H. Steele November 3, 1938 1970–1975 Connecticut Republican 86 years, 188 days
97 Porter Goss November 26, 1938 1989–2004 Florida Republican 86 years, 165 days
98 Matthew F. McHugh December 6, 1938 1975–1993 New York Democratic 86 years, 155 days
99 Ben Erdreich December 9, 1938 1983–1993 Alabama Democratic 86 years, 152 days
100 John Peterson December 25, 1938 1997–2009 Pennsylvania Republican 86 years, 136 days